I like and support the idea, but I’m not confident that it should be the default (Edit: Or am I?). I think threads around a week old still get comments fairly often (correct me if I’m wrong) and this might make it a bit harder for new posts to get exposure. I’m also not confident that it shouldn’t be the default though, and I’m thinking of reasons it should as I type this.
1) People that visit the discussion page (for the first time and otherwise) will see active conversations.
2) Interesting things will stay at the top longer.
3) No need for new posts to bring new information to past posts (already mentioned).
I don’t feel like deleting this comment, but I think these benefits outweigh the problems I mentioned earlier. It would make it a bit less “blog-like” though (it is a bit forum-like as it is, though, and this doesn’t appear to be a problem).
Agree, with the caveat that posts less than, say, a day old, or with less than, say, 5 comments, should be near the top. Otherwise good posts might slip through the cracks and never get discussed.
A function to sort by recently commented would work.
This should absolutely exist. I’m curious if anyone has a particular reason not to make it the default?
I like and support the idea, but I’m not confident that it should be the default (Edit: Or am I?). I think threads around a week old still get comments fairly often (correct me if I’m wrong) and this might make it a bit harder for new posts to get exposure. I’m also not confident that it shouldn’t be the default though, and I’m thinking of reasons it should as I type this.
1) People that visit the discussion page (for the first time and otherwise) will see active conversations. 2) Interesting things will stay at the top longer. 3) No need for new posts to bring new information to past posts (already mentioned).
I don’t feel like deleting this comment, but I think these benefits outweigh the problems I mentioned earlier. It would make it a bit less “blog-like” though (it is a bit forum-like as it is, though, and this doesn’t appear to be a problem).
I think it’s perfectly okay for the main section to be blog-like and the discussion section to be forum-like.
Pretty much agree that yes, there are some consequences to making it default, but positive consequences outweigh negative ones.
Agree, with the caveat that posts less than, say, a day old, or with less than, say, 5 comments, should be near the top. Otherwise good posts might slip through the cracks and never get discussed.